The festival has thus been consolidated as an event space. attracting and promoting new film talentboth domestic and foreign, because it will bring together the total participants in this edition. 48 countries Shorts from Spain, as well as Canada, Cuba, Honduras, USA, France, England, Iran, Italy, Germany, Netherlands, Poland, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Argentina, Mexico, Panama, Ecuador, Japan or India among others.
Hort del Xocolater park, Arenales del Sol beach and Odeón Cinemas will host screenings of selected titles that will compete in the competition. nine categories constituent Official Section. someone Fiction With 697 cassettes, he was the one with the highest participation in the competition. There is a category behind European with 572 New Author with 409 Documentary with 244 Animation section with 90 iberoamerican one with 85 Valencian Community with 65 Human rights with 54 and last Mobile Movie Maker with 22..
This Feature Films DepartmentThese films, which were released with great public success in the previous edition, are required to be the first films of the directors and to be shot between January 1, 2022 and January 1, 2023.
President of the Mediterranean Foundation, Louis Boyer Expressing his thanks to all the participants, he said, “As the Foundation, we work every day to ensure that the festival continues as a festival. reference among national festivals and that it continues to garner significant international participation, noting that “it is a great commitment to the film genre that has given hundreds of new filmmakers the opportunity to show their talents.”
Festival director, Vincent Sanchis“Although we’ve been more strict about accepting films in the competition over the last few years, we were pleasantly surprised by the high turnout,” he emphasizes, adding, “We decided a few presses ago. prioritize quality over quantityWe still have a large turnout.”
Where and when?
feast is celebrated Between 14-21 July. Short films can be viewed at the Hort del Xocolater park and Arenales del Sol Beach (Elche) from 21:45, while feature films can be viewed at the Odeón Cinemas in Elche (Calle Juan Ramón Jiménez, 18).
This The closing premiere will be on July 21. At 9:30 pm at the Fundación Mediterráneo’s Hort del Xocolater in Elche, the list of winners will be determined and announced by a jury of Cineclub Luis Buñuel members, professionals from the world of education and production. direction and animation.
In this 46th edition, the prize pool is as follows: 13.000 €divided between 12 awards. The jury’s decision will be announced by June 15, 2023, and the Fundación Mediterráneo Award for Best First Feature Film will be announced at the closing gala of the festival on July 21.
Also, winners of the Fundación Mediterráneo Award for best fictional short film and the Ciutat d’Elx Award for best documentary short film, if national, will be shortlisted for the 2024 Goya Awards.
More than 42,000 films have passed through the Festival since it was held for the first time in 1978. proof of the foundation’s commitment to the film genre and its commitment to promoting its industrialization by attracting new short film talents.
Awards
• “FUNDACIÓN MEDITERRÁNEO” AWARD FOR BEST FICTION SHORT FILM. Equipped with 3,000 Euros and a Lady Trophy.
• “CIUTAT D’ELX” AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM, 3.000 Euros and Checkers Award.
• ANIMATION AWARD. Equipped with 3,000 Euros and a Lady Trophy.
• “FUNDACIÓN MEDITERRÁNEO” AWARD FOR BEST SPECIAL FILM “OPERA PRIMA”, Editing and Spanish nationality. Equipped with 2,000 Euros and a Lady Trophy.
• EUROPEAN AWARD, in any category and European domain (not Spain). Equipped with 1.000 Euro and Lady Trophy.
• IBERO-AMERICAN AWARD in any category for Latin America and Brazil. Equipped with 1.000 Euro and Lady Trophy.
• Awarded the FES CURT AWARD, 500 Euro and Lady Trophy.
• “CINECLUB LUIS BUÑUEL” NOVEL AUTHOR AWARD, 500 Euros and with the appropriate Lady Trophy in any category.
• MOBILE FILMMAKER PRO AWARD awarded with 500 Euro and Lady Trophy
• “HORT DEL XOCOLATER” AWARD FROM THE PEOPLE, 500 Euro and Lady Trophy..
The following collaborations and joint awards will also be announced at the Closing Gala on July 21:
• In cooperation with SocialMed València, BEST SHORT FILM ON HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD in any category pertaining to the Mediterranean coast except Spain was awarded with 1.000 Euro and Lady Trophy.
• The Association of Women Filmmakers and Audiovisual Media (CIMA) will present the CIMA Award to the Best Filmmaker with a statuette and a one-year membership to the association.
• The winner of the Mobile Filmmaker Pro Award will be a direct finalist at the 2023 edition of the Cinephone Smartphone Film Festival.
• The winner of the Mostra de Cinema Jove d’Elx in the 2022 and 2023 edition will enter this edition’s Official Selection of Short Films directly as selected in our Fiction category.
• At the discretion of the Jury and the Reykjavík International Film Festival Organisation, one or more Spanish short films from the Official Section or Award Winners will be finalists in the 2023 edition.
Organized and sponsored by the Fundación Mediterráneo, the Elche International Independent Film Festival is held in collaboration with the Elche City Council and the Elche Luis Buñuel Cinema Club. For more information, those interested can contact [email protected] or the Festival website http://ficie.fundacionmediterraneo.es.